https://magazine.watertoday.org/news/national/indias-water-crisis-development-policy-failure-uttarakhand-water-scarcity-2026-groundwater-depletion-india-governance-development-vs-water-crisis-india https://media.assettype.com/magazine-watertoday/2026-06-01/xvfc9plt/GeminiGeneratedImageu2j97pu2j97pu2j9.png Local residents stand with blank protest placards beside a long queue of empty water pots at a dry communal tap, while a multi-billion rupee mega-highway corridor project rises in the background. https://media.assettype.com/magazine-watertoday/2026-06-01/xvfc9plt/GeminiGeneratedImageu2j97pu2j97pu2j9.png Local residents stand with blank protest placards beside a long queue of empty water pots at a dry communal tap, while a multi-billion rupee mega-highway corridor project rises in the background. https://media.assettype.com/magazine-watertoday/2026-06-01/xvfc9plt/GeminiGeneratedImageu2j97pu2j97pu2j9.png Local residents stand with blank protest placards beside a long queue of empty water pots at a dry communal tap, while a multi-billion rupee mega-highway corridor project rises in the background. Magazine-watertoday en 2026-06-01T10:57:24.533Z Empty Taps and Mega Projects: Why India’s Escalating Water Crisis Exposes Deeper Policy Failures India, Uttarakhand, Water Crisis, Climate Change, Water Management, Sustainability, environment, Infrastructure, Governance, Public Policy, Climate Action, Development, Groundwater, Water Conservation, Indian Politics, Social Impact